Vocal behavior during territorial intrusions in the lusitanian toadfish: Boatwhistles also function as territorial 'keep-out' signals

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Vasconcelos, Raquel O ^a   Simões, J Miguel ^b   Almada, Vítor C ^b   Fonseca, Paulo J ^a   Amorim, M Clara P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL CARE; SIGNALING; TELEOST; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

BATRACHOIDIDAE; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS;

EID: 73849105334     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01722.x     Document Type: Article

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